I’m doing fine, I don’t really have much to tell you this
week, my days are pretty much all the same, I really just want to leave the MTC
so that I can feel like I’m actually making a difference out here. I’m going to
try and send some small things home for Christmas, I just don’t know if it will
be there in time, or if I should because I don’t have much money to spend
anyway. haha. well the only exciting thing that I know that I’m doing this
week, is that we are singing in the devotional tonight, I’m singing in two
songs, the first is come thou fount, with 4 other elders from my district, it
sound really good! And the other is I’ll go where you want me to go, with my
old companion Elder Baguley. I’m really excited for both of those because it
will be good. I don’t know what else I’m doing this week, just that there is
only 3 more weeks left at the MTC! It seems like it’s been forever. Just
because it’s the same thing over and over and over. I look forward to Sunday
all week because it’s the only day that’s different.
We just got back from the temple about two hours ago, it was
good, like always. I’m glad that I have the opportunity to go to the temple
every week, and I’m really sad that I won’t have a temple in my mission to go
to.
The only experiences that stand out in my mind this week was
reading through Joseph smiths account of the first vision in Joseph smith
history, with my companion. That was a good experience. This week I am focusing
on patience, becasue4 being around the same group of people pretty much 24/7
can start to get on your nerves a little bit. It’s not all that bad though. But
anyway, I started off Sunday night by looking up scripture by scripture in the
topical guide on patience. And this week I’ve started writing down scriptures
on that copy of my patriarchal blessing that either I really like or that have
to do with a part of my blessing, since that copy has all the typos still
anyway.
Oh, my watch broke this week, which was really lame. Two of
the links broke, so it wasn’t really worth it to find someplace that could fix
it because I had that clock with a clip on it that Zack took on his mission. I’ll
just buy another watch later. But I was disappointed by that. I wish I could
print things out or send you pictures, because I would like to keep these
quotes you send me, and I have pictures to send you. Most are just of the city
or of other things in the MTC, but we're not supposed to carry our cameras
around so I haven’t been able to take too many.
Well, that’s it for this week I guess. I want to be able to
speak Portuguese better, but I need to know more words, but it seems like I
don’t have enough time to study my scriptures, the language, and help my
companion learn the language, all in the study time that I have. I wish I had
more time in the day to study! haha that’s something I don’t think I would have
ever said before my mission. It’s hard to talk to the Brazilian elders here
because I only know the words to gospel topics and the words I need to teach
the lessons, (which I think I can do pretty well). But other than that I can’t say
too much. I’m really hoping that I get a Brazilian companion when I get to the
mission field. and speaking of teaching, my companion isn’t getting the
language to great so far, so that’s why I’m helping him during study time, but
during lessons it seems like I’m talking for most of the time, which I need to
work on so he can get more practice too.
I love you all! I really like hearing from you! Thanks for
all the things that you've done for me mom and dad. I love you and I am so grateful
for everything that you had to do to get me out here. I can’t wait to actually
get out to the mission field. Stay safe! Keep up the good work siblings! And
Darcy you better be on the High school team! Drew, you better be dunking this
season! haha Blake! I miss you bud! I like hearing from you! =)
Well my time is up. I love you!
Until next week!
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